I spend a pretty significant number of nights in Denver, and most of that time is at the Hyatt Regency Convention Center. I’ve firmly held to the belief that in this market the Grand Hyatt and Hyatt Regency are reversed, with the Regency being…
I received an e-mail from American Airlines yesterday announcing that they plan to add more legroom to the first few rows of coach on all of their airplanes. Read more about it on AA.com here. AA used to have More Legroom Throughout Coach. It…
I rarely send complaint e-mails to the airlines. I guess I’ve just amortized in some level of bad service (kind of like expecting McDonald’s to get your order right 70% of the time). For some reason, the blanket thing struck me as extremely cheap,…
As posted today Gary on View From the Wing. This offer expires TODAY, February 29th. This card usually carries a 25,000 point sign-up bonus. Every once in a while a 50K bonus pops up. For today only, they’re offering 75K miles after $10K in…
Been a while since I talked about new apps. I’m always curious to hear what people are downloading to their iPads. New for me: Scramble with Friends: Quick and fun. Like Boggle for those that remember it. You can play networked games with other…
Those that know me well are aware of the fact that I can sleep on just about any airplane in just about any seat. If I’m in first, I just throw a blanket over me and nod off. It’s bad enough that United has…
Most of the major airlines have shopping portals. I’m partial to American Airlines’ shopping portal. It used to be because the miles counted towards lifetime status. Now, it’s probably force of habit. I preach the value of these portals to family and friends, but…
Suzanne Rubin, the President of AAdvantage, posted a link on Milepoint with some more great pics of the MegaDO. You can read more about the MegaDO here and here.
According to this article, Southwest has chosen to extend their contract with SABRE for another few years. On it’s face, this isn’t really a big deal. And, with their acquisition of AirTran, it’s not surprising that they’re not going to rebuild their reservation system….
I just received a note from Award Wallet. For those that don’t know, Award Wallet is my go-to application for tracking all the various miles and points my family members have. They ran into some issues with American Airlines and Southwest in regards to…